Kona Inspired Results 6/21/2013-Facebook Blocks Our Non-Profit

As some of you may have already noticed on Facebook if you try to plug www.shawnsanomaly.org, www.shawnsanomaly.com, or www.congenitalanomaly.org into any comment or status update you get a horrible pop up box from the social media sight that says:I hit the "let us know" and tried to explain to Facebook that this is a non-profit similar to other non-profits such as LIVESTRONG, American Red Cross, March of Dimes...etc. and we follow all Facebook guidelines. I have submitted several request to retract the block. After submission, another pop up states “Thanks for taking the time to submit a report. While we don't reply to every report, we may contact you for more details as we investigate. You should receive an email response shortly.” Guess what...I have never received an email!

After doing a little research about the issue I have found out that some people have been dealing with this for over 6 months without getting a resolve. Of course Facebook does not offer any way to contact them via phone, email, or even snail mail. So this pretty much leave us not being able to get it fixed.

 

This is just another hurdle and confirmation that we are doing something right. I say that because as a man of Christian faith, my belief is if I do something that blesses and honors God then I will be attacked by the enemy harder. Honoring these deserving families that have children with birth defects is also honoring and blessing God in my eyes. I will not be swayed. I will just keep pressing on. 

Thank you all so much for your support.  I have read your comments today and I can't tell you how much they inspired me to press on. Thank you for lifting me up in a time that I could have easily gotten down.  You are awesome. 

Here are the daily views today:

		Views	Daily Views
1	Kona for the Kids	15390	2232
2	Jacob Fuka_Kona Inspired	14853	5250
3	Clarissa Alba	7772	1599
4	For Mari	5789	1299
5	Persistence, P.E. & Pushing Your Limits	4517	1312
6	Failure Is Not An Option!	4120	1187
7	A Grizzly Ironman	2440	845
8	The Quadfather (Nick Tieney)	2156	430
9	Cancer-Baby-Bone Marrow	2076	508
10	Starting to Tri-Special Olympics	1558	217
11	Shawn's Ironman	1318	360
12	Lisa Hallett wears blue at Kona	864	118
13	Mariya Hristo~Kona Inspired	840	174
14	The iron will to Win	622	160
15	Submarine Tri-Training	535	98

I don't want you to ever get discouraged by these results. Some may see that we are really behind, but we need to look at it as we have 1,318 times that a person was educated on birth defects.  We also know that 1,318 times we did it the RIGHT way and did not vote...refresh...vote.  No matter how you look at it, that is against the rules and cheating.  

The families that are represented on the H.O.P.E. deserve to be represented by a person that is willing to do it the right way without trying to cut corners. I am trying my best to keep that integrity in this Kona Inspired campaign and I appreciate all of you for obviously doing the same.  Keep up the great work. 

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Finally if you look closely, we are starting to put some of the names on the flag.  I am also touring the the great state of Texas going to San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, and Dallas and allowing families to place their child's name on the flag personally. If you know of anyone in these towns that have a child or has personally been affected by congenital anomalies, please have them contact me at 713-791-4403 to schedule a time to get together to sign the flag.